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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:04 am
Federal incentives now encourage investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and no demand for new construction.
(A) investing capital in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high and
(B) capital investment in commercial office buildings, even though vacancy rates in existing structures are exceptionally high and there is
(C) capital to be invested in commercial office buildings even though there are exceptionally high vacancy rates in existing structures with
(D) investing capital in commercial office buildings even though the vacancy rates are exceptionally high in existing structures with
(E) capital investment in commercial office buildings despite vacancy rates in existing structures that are exceptionally high, and although there is


Edited my post. My question is Which one is better B or [spoiler]D
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by raajan_p » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:08 pm
Between A and D, I will go for D.
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by niraj_a » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:24 pm
why not B?

EDIT - also, it would be nice if you could underline the stem in your SC posts, would appreciate that.
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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:27 pm
niraj_a wrote:why not B?

EDIT - also, it would be nice if you could underline the stem in your SC posts, would appreciate that.
Why do you think B is better than D
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by niraj_a » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:49 pm
i thought B was correct simply because capital investment is a more succinct manner of saying investing capital. i don't know what GMAT likes though between the two.

I do believe D is wrong because the "with" at the end changes the meaning of the stem. the 0 demand for new construction is not specific to these specific existing structures.

if B is wrong, then A has gotta be the OA.
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by stop@800 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:11 pm
with is not making sense to me
with no demand....... perhaps wrong

try to see from meaning point of view
rates are high with no demand

I think "and" is better
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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:46 pm
stop@800 wrote:with is not making sense to me
with no demand....... perhaps wrong

try to see from meaning point of view
rates are high with no demand

I think "and" is better
OA is B . My only problem is that I am not clear in B what is "there" referring to.
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by dumb.doofus » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:37 pm
gmat009 wrote:
stop@800 wrote:with is not making sense to me
with no demand....... perhaps wrong

try to see from meaning point of view
rates are high with no demand

I think "and" is better
OA is B . My only problem is that I am not clear in B what is "there" referring to.
"there" refers to "now" in the "federal incentives now".. meaning the current situation
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by gmat009 » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:17 pm
dumb.doofus wrote:
gmat009 wrote:
stop@800 wrote:with is not making sense to me
with no demand....... perhaps wrong

try to see from meaning point of view
rates are high with no demand

I think "and" is better
OA is B . My only problem is that I am not clear in B what is "there" referring to.
"there" refers to "now" in the "federal incentives now".. meaning the current situation
"there" is used when referring to a place, whether concrete ("over there by the building") or more abstract ("it must be difficult to live there").
How you are comparing "there" to situation
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by dumb.doofus » Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:07 am
gmat009 wrote:
dumb.doofus wrote:
gmat009 wrote:
stop@800 wrote:with is not making sense to me
with no demand....... perhaps wrong

try to see from meaning point of view
rates are high with no demand

I think "and" is better
OA is B . My only problem is that I am not clear in B what is "there" referring to.
"there" refers to "now" in the "federal incentives now".. meaning the current situation
"there" is used when referring to a place, whether concrete ("over there by the building") or more abstract ("it must be difficult to live there").
How you are comparing "there" to situation
I am sorry I wasn't clearer earlier.. In the context of the sentence.. by current situation I mean the current situation in the market (or any place) where the federal incentives apply..
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by heroe12 » Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:07 am
Despite means with intention in the face of an obstacle.
Even though is in spite, which is more adequate.
This takes out A and E.

"with no demand" is akward.
Leaves C.
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by Bidisha_800 » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:13 pm
(B) is correct and "there" is an expletive that introduces the noun smoothly ... read a grammar book to know more about expletives.
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